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February 5, 2019
Two Ashurst partners have exited the firm, with one heading to Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and one to Macfarlanes.
Simon Beddow, who served as managing partner of Ashurst’s London office, has joined BCLP. He spent

February 5, 2019
ADTLaw has brought on Michelle Phang, who will join the firm’s corporate practice as co-head. ADTLaw is based in Singapore, and has a formal law alliance with Ashurst.
Prior to joining ADTLaw, Phang worked at Shook

January 7, 2019
Dechert has brought on two new partners, having hired Carol Widger, who joins the firm’s Dublin office and Marianna Tothova, who will be based in both Luxembourg and London.
Widger joins Dechert from Maples &

November 15, 2018
Hogan Lovells has hired Antonia Croke as a partner in the firm’s London office. She previously worked as a senior associate at Ashurst, also in London.
Croke is known as a dispute resolution expert, and will be a

November 6, 2018
Ashurst has hired Matthew Wood, a finance partner who joins the firm from White & Case. Wood spent 17 years at White & Case, where he trained in 2002.
At Ashurst, Wood will oversee operations for the firm’s

November 5, 2018
Bruna Pellicci is slated to leave her position as global IT director at Ashurst for a new role with Linklaters.
Upon joining Linklaters, Pellicci will become the firm’s new chief technology officer. She has spent a

October 18, 2018
Debevoise & Plimpton has hired Gareth Hughes in the firm’s Hong Kong office. He joins Debevoise as a litigation partner and brings 15 years of Hong Kong experience to the firm.
Hughes comes to Debevoise from

September 13, 2018
Christopher Georgiou has returned to Ashurst, where he previously spent 14 years before taking on a role at Condor, an alternative legal service from Fieldfisher.
Prior to joining Condor, Georgiou was a member of

August 27, 2018
Pinsent Masons and its former Spanish best friend law firm Ramón & Cajal have reached a conclusion in their lawsuit from 2016.
After failed merger talks, Pinsents hired four of Ramón’s lawyers: Antonio Sánchez